A neophyte lawmaker from Quezon City wants to institutionalize a monthly allowance worth P2,000 for Filipino persons with disabilities (PWDs). (Unsplash, MANILA BULLETIN) Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas filed House Bill (HB) 5803 or the “Disability Support Allowance Bill”, even as he...
Two men were arrested while three teens who were children in conflict with the law (CICL) were rescued by the police after they allegedly broke into a car and stole some personal items of a student in Barangay Santulan, Malabon City on Saturday, Nov. 19. Col. Amante Daro, Malabon City Police...
Manila Water announced there will be water service interruptions lasting for up to 24 hours on Monday, Nov. 21, to Tuesday, Nov. 22, in parts of San Juan City, Mandaluyong City, and Quezon City due to maintenance activities at the San Juan Reservoir. According to Manila Water, they will be...
The Pasig City local government will soon open a business one-stop shop (BOSS) in Robinsons Metro East mall to further ease business transactions and cater to the businesses in the northern part of the city. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Vice Mayor Robert “Dodot” Jaworski Jr., along with...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has announced power interruptions in some barangays in Caloocan, Valenzuela, Quezon City, and some municipalities in Bulacan province starting Monday, Nov. 21. Meralco said there will be power interruptions in GSIS Hills Subdivision in...
A total of 600,000 liters of clean and potable water was dispensed by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to typhoon Paeng victims in Cotabato City and Maguindanao. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross In a statement on Saturday, Nov, 19, PRC said that over 11,000 households from these provinces benefited...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), this city’s sole electricity distributor, has implemented another power rate increase, the second in three months. A MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) line man at work in Iloilo City. (MORE Power) MORE Power announced on Friday,...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Council has approved an ordinance declaring chicken inasal as an important cultural property here. CHICKEN inasal is grilled over hot coals during the Chicken Inasal Festival in Bacolod City in 2019. (Glazyl Masculino) Authored by Councilor Em Ang, chairperson of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Police said the body of a newborn baby boy was found in a public cemetery here on Friday, Nov. 18. THE body of a newborn baby boy was found inside a public cemetery in Bacolod City on Friday, Nov. 18. (Photo courtesy of Llanee Zil Menardo) Major Ritchie Gohee, head of Police...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘’Albee’’ Benitez ordered the contractor and the Department of Public Services (DPS) on Friday, Nov. 18, to fast-track the collection of garbage here delayed by the damaged road leading to the sanitary landfill in Barangay Felisa. A GARBAGE truck...
A total of 7,120 infants received their immunization shots in various barangay health centers in Pasig City during the two-week rollout of the “Vax-Baby-Vax” drive from Nov. 7 to Nov. 18. Metro Manila Center for Health Development FB / MANILA BULLETIN The Metro Manila Center for Health...
By Diann Calucin The Valenzuela City local government held a "Drug Awareness Poster-Making Contest" in celebration of Drug Abuse Prevention and Control (DAPC) week at Disiplina Village Bignay National High School (DVBNHS) covered court on Friday, Nov. 18. The poster-making contest was coordinated...
